THE RAVEN.
Reading edition
By Edgar Allan Poe, with Historical and Literary Commentary by John H. Ingram.
“This is an interesting monograph on Poe’s famous poem. First comes the poet’s own account of the genesis of the poem, with a criticism, in which Mr. Ingram declines, very properly, we think, to accept the history as entirely genuine. Much curious information is collected in this essay. Then follows the poem itself, with the various readings, and then its after-history; and after these ‘Isadore,’ by Albert Pike, a composition which undoubtedly suggested the idea of ‘The Raven’ to its author. Several translations are given, two in French, one in prose, the other in rhymed verse; besides extracts from others, two in German and one in Latin. But perhaps the most interesting chapter in the book is that on the ‘Fabrications.’”—Spectator.
“There is no more reliable authority on the subject of Edgar Allan Poe than Mr. John H. Ingram.... The volume is well printed and tastefully bound in spotless vellum, and will prove to be a work of the greatest interest to all students of English and American literature.”—Publisher’s Circular.
544 pages, crown 8vo., green cloth boards, price 7s. 6d.